Russia’s “Great Victory” cult wasn’t built in 1945 — it was constructed in 1965
Russian propaganda presents May 9 as a sacred, unbroken tradition stretching back to 1945.
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Zelenskyy calls Putin’s 9 May truce proposal a deceptive maneuver
The Ukrainian President urged an immediate, unconditional 30-day truce instead of waiting for May, emphasizing that preserving human life is more important than ceremonial events like military parades.
ISW: Russia expands “anti-Nazi” rhetoric beyond Ukraine to further militarize Russian society
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently accused the EU of promoting "neo-Nazi ideology" after EU officials recommended boycotting Russia's Victory Day Parade on 9 May as the Kremlin uses Soviet victory over Nazi Germany to justify current invasion.
95 percent of Russians now say victory in 1945 was main event for Russia in the 20th century
Such views were more widely held among older Russians and less widely among younger ones, but, according to…
Putin moving from ‘Great Victory’ to hostility to entire world – and young Russians are ready to follow him, Ilchenko says
Just as “Crimea is Ours” paled with time as a mobilizing tool, so too Vladimir Putin’s “Great Victory”…
Ukrainians gradually move away from Soviet stereotypes regarding World War II – poll
What is it now for Ukrainians, World War II, or the Great Patriotic War? Do they mark Victory…
Ukraine bans the St. George’s ribbon as a “symbol of Russian aggression”
On 16 May 2017, Ukrainian lawmakers banned the St.George's ribbon, a controversial emblem of the Second World War…
Russia’s exported “Immortal Regiment” marches accused of being part of hybrid war against Ukraine
History of the "Immortal regiment" In 2012, Sergei Kolotovkin, Sergei Lapenkov, and Igor Dmitriev, Russian journalists from the…
The Soviet foundations of Russia’s Great Patriotic War myth
The myth of May 9 The largest myth of the Great Patriotic War is the concept that shifts its…